Demand for domestic air transport grows 3.6% in July, says Faa

SAO PAULO-the demand for domestic passenger air transportation recorded an increase of 3.6% in July this year when compared with the same month of 2016, reported on Wednesday, 13, the National Civil Aviation Agency (Anac). It was the fifth consecutive high the bookmark. In the first seven months, the demand had growth of 1.1% in comparison with the same period last year.
The offer registered 4.4% expansion in the month, after registering a fall in June. In the first seven months of the year, the supply accumulated growth of 0.2%. In July 2017, were transported passenger paid 8.3 million domestic, which represented an increase of 3.0% over the same month of the previous year.
In July of this year, the rate of utilization of the seats of the aircraft in the domestic market was 83.9%, which was 0.7 percentage point drop over the same period last year.
The goal and the Latam remained in leadership in the domestic market in July, with market shares, measured by the indicator of demand RPK (number of passengers per kilometer flown), the order of 37.4% and 32.1%, respectively, while the sum of the other companies reached 30.5% of the demand.
Load the cargo and mail in the domestic market in July, was of the order of 36000 tonnes, which represented 0.3% high over the same month of the previous year.
Brazilian international airlines recorded in July of this year, an improvement of 19 percent in demand for international passenger transport over the same month of 2016, according to Anac. Already the international offer increased 18.2 percent on the same basis of comparison. During the month of July, were transported passengers paid 813,000 on international flights.
The three indicators reached your highest level for a single month in the historical series started in 2000. In January to July 2017, the international demand of Brazilian companies grew 12.8% and offer increased 8.9% compared to the same period in 2016.
With the demand growing at a higher pace than in July, the rate of utilization of aircraft in international passenger flights operated by Brazilian companies has increased, reaching 86.2%. The index is 0.7 percentage point higher than the same month of 2016.
The indicator is on the rise for 14 months and reached your highest level for the month of July in the historical series started in 2000. In the first seven months of the year, the indicator has accumulated high of 3.6 points in comparison with the same period in 2016, reaching a value of 85.3%.
Among the Brazilian companies operating in the international market, the continued participation of Latam, 73.5% in July, which accounted for 5.5% indentation in comparison to equal the previous year, despite the high of 12.4% in RPK (number of passengers by kilometre flown). The Blue presented a 58.5% increase in RPK, your international a market share of 12.6%, followed by the goal with 11.8%.
The Avianca was renumbered as the fourth brazilian air company in this market. The company went from a near-zero participation in July of the previous year, to 2.1% of international passenger demand, in July this year.
In July, charges were 19,797 tons of cargo and mail, number representing 49.3% increase over the same month of the previous year. This was the highest level ever achieved for the month in the historical series started in 2000. The indicator accumulated an increase of 21.4% in the first seven months of the year.